Subj : food, etc... To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri Aug 30 2019 10:36:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Having done the work, you can see the difference, though... :) BM>> Yes, definitely. And the Mother Nature gives 'that look' and the BM>> weeds start to regrow.... LISB4 (I think), have considered some sort of BM>> weed killer but that tends to create other problems NB>> Yeah... I'd stay away from weed killer... it might kill the good NB>> plants as well... BM> And apparently has caused illness and death to humans: recent an BM> almost constant barrage of lawyer-commercials with regards to Roundup. NB> That, too... Was wandering the yard a bit the other day: weeds are back! Probbaly can get the dead branches out of the Burning Bush by the end of the weekend and so do weeding next week. BM> ...Personally I/we have stayed away from using weed killers just BM> because they tend to kill off desired vegetation: killing the weeds is BM> fine but also kills off the clover. NB> Exactly... At church we use it on the unwanted plants growing in NB> the cracks of the parkinglot... even grass or clover becomes a NB> weed there... That's true. If the weeds in the front patio were consistent would consider letting them grown ==> there are some weeds which are low and green and probably would good but they don't grow everywhere (the patio's not that large!). So out with everybody! (Until the next time!) BM>>> So far, so good! Oh, and the other shrub, the one that's gone BM>>> except of the stump. Original thought was Autumn's sandbox would go BM>>> there - nope: when she's here it's sunny and no shade nearby. NB>>> Well, that puts a different shade on things.. ;) BM>> She seems to be satisfied with her sand box -- the old one. Doesn't BM>> play in it too often though some of that is due to too darn hot BM>> outside or rainy. Maybe a new one next year, though where it would go BM>> is still up in the air. Attach wheels to a mattress frame so can move BM>> around.... NB>> And by next year, she might not be much into sandboxes anyway... BM> A possibility. Recently has been playing in the (old) sandbox -- BM> probably helps it has been cooler: 90ø and 90ø sand is probably not BM> that comfortable! ...We'll see what happens next year. NB> True... one does risk getting burnt... like sunburn but worse... NB> With things cooling off it would be safer, as well... Probably like being baked. Autumn's sandbox is in the shade but if the ambient air temperature is up there the sand still could get quite warm. ....Earlier this week she was playing in the sandbox -- asked to, so she still has an interest. BM>> Make Mother Nature's 'return to natural' work for us! Got rather BM>> weedy where the shrub was while I was gone -- the weeds got pulled and BM>> looks like some grass has tried to start. Will take some time for the BM>> shrub's trunk to deteriorate. NB>> Sounds promising... :) BM> And with the drought the grass that had tried to grow died off, or at BM> least has gone into a hibernation stage. Grass in the lawn in general BM> is so-so: some small dead/hibernating spots. Rain at the beginning of BM> the week helped to revive but still looks bad. OTOH still needed to BM> be cut the other day! NB> Starting to revive a little in the yard, then.... keeping it cut NB> would probably make the bad spots less obvious.... As long as not cut too short and everything turns brown, obscuring the bad spots! But yes, the trimmed grass does mask the bad spots somewhat. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Name 2 places you can move only 1 direction: N.Pole, S.Pole --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .